I agree with Bill.
A conventional car battery is designed to furnish short periods of very high
current for cranking. It is also designed to be recharged immediately by an
alternator, not allowed to be completely discharged. Deep-cycling a
conventional battery will shorten its life dramatically ("It's dead, Jim!")
while a battery designed for continuously providing power to a load without
being charged-- such as in an electric wheelchair, forklift, or trolling
motor-- can be deep- cycled many, many times without failure.
The tradeoff is that high peak currents will shorten the life of a deep-
cycle battery while deep discharge cycles will shorten the life of a
conventional battery. "You pays yer money and you takes yer choice."
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: ardunbill@webtv.net [mailto:ardunbill@webtv.net]
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:24 AM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Battery Question(s)
The NAPA Marine Deep Cycle gel battery is also very, very good, very
long-lasting in a total-loss setup in a race car. Much tougher and
higher voltage than a common car battery. Bill
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